Dover, Delaware Demographics

Dover is 1st in Delaware out of 17 other cities in Retail sales

Dover is 1st in Delaware out of 19 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Dover is 1st in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Two or More

Dover is 1st in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Size in square miles

Dover is 2nd in Delaware out of 10 other cities in Current population (2012)

Dover is 2nd in Delaware out of 19 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Dover is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Households

Dover is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Housing units

Dover is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Dover is 4th in Delaware out of 10 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	37,089	2nd	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	23.1	1st	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,557.2	13th	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	12th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	16th	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.4%	5th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.7%	14th	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.5%	10th	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	48.3%	18th	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.2%	2nd	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	4th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	11th	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.1%	1st	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	11th	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	17th	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	53.6%	4th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.4%	18th	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	15,024	2nd	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.1%	7th	17.5%	25.9%
Households	12,603	2nd	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.7%	16th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$193,900	16th	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	12th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$22,508	17th	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$47,754	16th	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.5%	4th	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dover	Rank	Delaware	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,282	2nd	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,291,413	1st	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$36,376	4th	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$378,644	1st	$1,910,770	$613,795,732